And Still Crying

Bao in Flight

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January 24th 2009
So the Boy from Vinh Long, who rarely got outside the orphanage door, took his first international flight, Hanoi to Seoul, Korea. He was pretty good, well, when he was sleeping, which was most of the flight. They brought us a child's passport holder with pages to have the captain of each flight sign. They also brought us a really cute bassinet and attached it to the wall in front of us in bulkhead ... read more

Asia » South Korea » Seoul

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Korea was an independent kingdom under Chinese suzerainty for most of the past millennium. Following its victory in the Russo-Japanese War in 1905, Japan occupied Korea; five years later it formally annexed the entire peninsula. After World War II, a... ... read more